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Clay is described as an ancient material with a great future. “The potential areas of application are huge,” says an enthusiastic Marie Skepö, professor of theoretical chemistry whom we recently welcomed as an affiliated faculty member of NanoLund. Clay is a material that has been used since ancient times for protecting, building, and carrying things. If we learn more about how to change various p

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-nanolundian-investigating-clay-materials-atomistic-level - 2025-11-05

Swedish universities and higher education institutions condemn the violence in Iran in which security forces have opened fire on protesting students. Collaborations and exchanges with Iranian universities, researchers and students may be in jeopardy. So argue Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, CMES. Karin Aggestam is the director of CMES and coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-collaboration-iran-far-certain - 2025-11-06

On 19 March, CMES staff and students came together to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. Celebrating Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, has become a cherished annual tradition at CMES. On March 19, CMES staff and students gathered at Finngatan to mark the arrival of spring with delicious Iranian cuisine and cultural celebration.Participants had the opportunity to learn about the significance of No

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/traditional-nowruz-celebrations-cmes - 2025-11-05

Palestinians in the occupied territories experience great despair and resignation. Social anthropologist Nina Gren's research in the area and contact with residents over 20 years has consistently revealed frustration and feelings of hopelessness. In her article 'Palestinian conflict: how despair can drive people to violence, even if it puts their lives in danger' in The Conversation, Nina Gren des

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/nothing-lose-hopelessness-may-increase-violence-palestine - 2025-11-05

Den 10 och 19 juli medverkar två av våra tidigare studenter i radioprogrammet Sommar i P1. Både Zećira Mušović och Olof Lundh är alumner från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet. Sommar i P1 sänds varje sommar i Sveriges Radio. Varje programledare skapar sitt eget 1,5 timme långa program – med egenvald musik och vad de vill prata om. I år medverkar två alumner från Ekonomihögskolan i programmet

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/alumner-fran-ekonomihogskolan-sommarpratar-i-sommar-i-p1 - 2025-11-05

Swedish universities and colleges condemn the violence in Iran where security forces have fired at protesting students. Academic cooperation and exchange with Iranian universities, researchers and students can therefore be precarious according to Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). Karin Aggestam is Director of CMES and Coordinator of the S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/research-cooperation-iran-precarious - 2025-11-06

On 7 March 2017, 18.00 Nicholas Sims-Williams will hold a lecture entitled: "From philology to history: Deciphering the language of ancient Afghanistan" at Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademin. Venue: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo. Bactrian, the principal administrative language of pre-Islamic Afghanistan, fell out of use more than a thousand years ago and for many centuries was

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/oslo-lecture-language-ancient-afghanistan - 2025-11-05

Venue: Galleri BOX, Kastellgatan 20, GöteborgExhibition period: 22 August - 14 SeptemberHold on takes its starting point in Johan Nahoj’s long-running collaborative project ON-HOLD and borrows many of its components, but now turns inward – towards the artist’s own acts of collecting, sorting, and reshaping. Nahoj works in the borderland between the studio and the exhibition space, between painting

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-johan-nahoj - 2025-11-05

Petra Holmberg, postdoc in medical law at the Faculty of Law, won the Research Grand Prix competition in Helsingborg on 7 October. In front of an audience of over 500 secondary school students, she presented her research on the risks of 80 per cent of Gen Z using chatbots to manage stress or anxiety. “It’s not surprising, AI feels simple and safe. But my research shows that it can be downright dan

https://www.law.lu.se/article/petra-holmberg-wins-forskar-grand-prix-competition - 2025-11-05

Why do some people strongly back climate action while others do not? A new international study by LUCSUS researcher Felix Schulz and Christian Bretter, University of Queensland, finds that the answer may be simpler than previously thought. The researchers analysed survey data from nearly 12,000 people across six countries. They discovered that three well-known explanations of environmental behavio

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-key-drivers-climate-policy-support - 2025-11-05

Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs. Using a uniquely well-preserved fossil, the team has also created the scientifically most up-to-date reconstruction of an ichthyosaur currently available. Fish lizards, or ichthyosaurs, were a very successful group of animals that, much like today's whales, migrated f

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-reconstruct-ancient-fish-lizard - 2025-11-05

On 10 July and 19 July, two LUSEMs alumni are featured on the radio show Sommar i P1, a popular programme broadcasted by the Swedish public service radio. Sommar i P1 is a popular programme broadcasted by the Swedish public service radio. It features a range of storytellers and each host create their own 1.5 hour-long show – choosing their own music and what to talk about. Being a host on Sommar i

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-alumni-amongst-swedish-summer-radio-hosts - 2025-11-06

Anita Goldman, svensk författare och journalist, och Volker Küster, professor i religionsvetenskap och missionsvetenskap vid Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität i Mainz, utses till hedersdoktorer vid Teologiska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Sedan flera decennier är Anita Goldman verksam som författare, journalist, debattör och kolumnist, och har genom åren varit en viktig samhällsröst i Sverige. He

https://www.lu.se/artikel/framstaende-svensk-forfattare-och-tysk-professor-blir-hedersdoktorer-vid-teologiska-fakulteten-vid - 2025-11-06

A person who carries the mutant gene will at some point in his or her life develop the deadly Huntington's disease. This brain disease can be inherited from generation to generation and begins insidiously, making it increasingly difficult to regulate emotions, thoughts, then movements. There is no treatment that slows down the disease. But Huntington researcher and psychiatrist Åsa Petersén works

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-fascinating-and-touching-mystery - 2025-11-05

Pear-shaped atomic nuclei can reveal clues as to why the Universe is made up of more matter than anti-matter. Professor of Physics Joakim Cederkäll’s research on this type of atomic nucleus has now made it onto the top 10 of breakthroughs in physics from 2013. Professor of Physics Joakim Cederkäll talks about the hunt for answers to the mystery of matter and anti-matter. Photo: Gunnar Menander. Pr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pear-shaped-atomic-nuclei-top-10-break-throughs-physics - 2025-11-07

What jobs will we do in the future? And who will work? Research shows that half of today’s jobs will not be necessary in 20 years’ time. Questions about unemployment and the future job market have been discussed at several different university events in recent months, most recently at Debatt i Lund. In early June, politicians, entrepreneurs and researchers gathered for the Innovation for Jobs conf

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-jobs-will-we-do-future - 2025-11-07

Nya e-resurser Frantext HT har startat en prenumeration på Frantext; Frantext är en corpus med franska texter från medeltiden till 2000-talet. Texterna omfattar flera genrer, som till exempel romaner, dikter, journalistik och essäer. Ca 80 % av texterna är litterära, resten är vetenskapliga. Databasen består f n av ca 250 miljoner ord och 675 000 ordformer. Man kan bla analysera text, ord, frekven

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-februari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2025-11-05

The Government has granted the Nation Property Board’s (SVF) request for SEK 55 million for project planning relating to the renovation and development of the Main University Building. The project planning will result in a plan for a thorough renovation and development of the Main University Building and at the same time retain and reclaim as much as possible of the Main University Building’s cult

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/government-has-granted-funds-main-university-building-which-has-celebrated-its-140th-anniversary - 2025-11-06

A free app that will help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge about the coronavirus is launched by researchers at Lund University. - Data from the app can give us a better picture of the course of the disease and why some are only slightly affected while others become seriously ill and die, says Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology. Read more about the app on the

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/app-covid-symptom-tracker-launched-sweden-and-researchers-need-your-help-0 - 2025-11-05

The third ScienceBrew of 2024 hosted a trio of talented researchers in the fields of medicine and law. Read more about their presentations below and experience even more great talks on our next session of ScienceBrew in May! Thanks to Hanna, Sacharias and Manni for presenting their work at Café Ariman!Hanna, a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, explained her work on identifying genes that con

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-april-2024-stem-cells-heart-surgery-and-law-dying - 2025-11-07